Global Tangos - Travels in the Transnational Imaginary

Global Tangos starts from the premise that Argentine tango may be used as a way to understand the profound transformations that have taken place as a result of two of the defining features of globalization: transnationalism and the rise of social media.

List of contents

Notes on Translations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Arrival
Chapter One: Foundational Clichés: From Valentino to Viagra
Chapter Two: Tango "Discovery" and the Neocolonial Gaze
Chapter Three: Queer Rebellions
Chapter Four: Touch, Healing and Zen
Chapter Five: Activism, Social Media, Crisis and Community
Conclusion: Departure
Appendix: Tango in Numbers
Bibliography
Sound Recordings
Index
About the Author

About the author

Melissa A. Fitch is associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa a. Fitch
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.2015
• EAN: 9781611486520
• ISBN: 978-1-61148-652-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 565 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous